🇵🇱 INSTYTUT ZOOTECHNIKI PL
Food & beverages
INSTYTUT ZOOTECHNIKI is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 512 (Kraków, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 32 test methods in the following areas: Food & beverages. Test objects include: Animal feed, Meat and meat products, Animal feed, faeces, Animal feed, Meat, Bones, Faeces, urine (faeces-urine mixture), Mil…. Most frequently used techniques: Gravimetric method, Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS), Spectrophotometric method.
At a glance
- Accreditation number: PCA AB 512
- Methods in scope: 32
- Types of test objects: 13
- Techniques used: 11
- City: Kraków, Poland
- Accreditation number
- AB 512
- Accreditation body
- PCA
- Address
- PAŃSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY, ul. Sarego 2, 31-047 Kraków, CENTRALNE LABORATORIUM
- City
- Kraków, Poland
What this laboratory tests (13)
- Animal feed — 15 methods
- Meat and meat products — 6 methods
- Animal feed, faeces — 1 method
- Animal feed, Meat, Bones, Faeces, urine (faeces-urine mixture), Milk and dairy products — 1 method
- Eggs — 1 method
- Feed E, Food E — 1 method
- Fertilisers E — 1 method
- Meat — 1 method
- Meat and meat products, Vegetable-meat products, Dairy products (cheeses), Animal and vegetable fats, Eggs — 1 method
- Milk and dairy products, Fruit and vegetable products — 1 method
- Milk and milk products — 1 method
- Milk powder, Eggs, Meat and vegetable-meat products — 1 method
- Urine — 1 method
Analytical techniques used (11)
- Gravimetric method — 8 methods
- Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) — 7 methods
- Spectrophotometric method — 4 methods
- High-performance liquid chromatography with spectrophotometric and fluorescence detection (HPLC-UV, HPLC-FLD) — 3 methods
- Titrimetric method — 3 methods
- Ion-exchange chromatography with spectrophotometric detection (VIS) — 2 methods
- Calculation method — 1 method
- Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) — 1 method
- High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) — 1 method
- Polarimetric method — 1 method
- Spectrophotometric method, digestion in ammonium persulfate — 1 method
Laboratory locations
- INSTYTUT ZOOTECHNIKI (main site) — ul. Sarego 2, 31-047 Kraków
- Central Laboratory; Aleksandrowice, ul. Jurajska 44, 32-084 Morawica
Certificate information
- Issue date
- 05.05.2026
- Issue no.
- 21
Accreditation scope — test methods (32)
| No. | Test object | Methodology / Parameters | Technique | Reference document | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Laboratory; Aleksandrowice, ul. Jurajska 44, 32-084 Morawica | |||||
| 1 | Animal feed | Content of vitamins A and E, Vitamin A (0,7 - 1890) μg/g Vitamin E (10 - 41410) μg/g |
High-performance liquid chromatography with spectrophotometric and fluorescence detection (HPLC-UV, HPLC-FLD) | SOP M.003 issue 6 of 27.01.2020 | |
| 2 | Animal feed | Tryptophan content Range (0,4-6,5) g/kg |
High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD) | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 | |
| 3 | Animal feed | Kjeldahl nitrogen content Range (0,128 - 16) % Protein calculated |
Titrimetric method | SOP M.007a issue 4 of 24.02.2020 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 | |
| 4 | Animal feed | Ca, Mg, Na, K content Ca 80 mg/kg - 320 g/kg Mg 10 mg/kg - 8 g/kg Na 6 mg/kg – 10,5 g/kg K 40 mg/kg - 26 g/kg |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | SOP M.008 issue 5 of 24.02.2020 | |
| 5 | Animal feed | Ca, Mg content Ca 8 mg/kg - 12 g/kg Mg 1 mg/kg - 8 g/kg |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | SOP M.008a issue 5 of 24.02.2020 | |
| 6 | Animal feed | Cu, Mn, Fe, Zn content Cu (3 - 2100) mg/kg Mn (4 - 20 000) mg/kg Fe (20 - 16 000) mg/kg Zn (20 - 15 000) mg/kg |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | SOP M.010 issue 4 of 24.02.2020 | |
| 7 | Animal feed | Content of moisture/ dry matter moisture (0,5 - 80) % dry matter (20 - 99,5) % |
Gravimetric method | SOP M.011 issue 5 of 24.02.2020 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 | |
| 8 | Animal feed | Crude fibre content Range (0,17 - 50) % |
Gravimetric method | SOP M.012 issue 3 of 24.02.2020 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 | |
| 9 | Animal feed | Crude ash content Range (1 - 20) % |
Gravimetric method | SOP M.014 issue 3 of 24.02.2020 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 | |
| 10 | Animal feed | Starch content Range (0,8– 70,0 ) % |
Polarimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 | |
| 11 | Animal feed | Sugar content Range (0,1– 25,0 ) % |
Titrimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 | |
| 12 | Animal feed | Metabolizable energy value | Calculation method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 | |
| 13 | Animal feed | Crude fat content Range (1 - 47)% |
Gravimetric method | SOP M.013 issue 4 of 24.02.2020 | |
| 14 | Animal feed | Crude fat content Range (1 - 22) % |
Gravimetric method | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024 | |
| 15 | Animal feed | Iodine content Feed (0,1 - 25) mg/kg Premixes (20 – 110 000) mg/kg |
Spectrophotometric method | SOP M.016 issue 3 of 14.06.2017 | |
| 16 | Animal feed, faeces | Added chromium content Range (0,7 – 25) g/kg |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | SOP M.015 issue 5 of 24.02.2020 | |
| 17 | Animal feed, Meat, Bones, Faeces, urine (faeces-urine mixture), Milk and dairy products | P content Range (0,4 - 175) g/kg |
Spectrophotometric method | SOP M.009 issue 4 of 24.02.2020 | |
| 18 | Meat | Kjeldahl nitrogen content Range (0,8 - 10) % Protein calculated |
Titrimetric method | SOP M.007 issue 3 of 24.02.2020 | AOAC Official Method 981.10 | |
| 19 | Meat and meat products | Ca, Mg, Na, K content Ca (25 – 400)mg/kg Mg (60 – 700) mg/kg Na (30 – 10500) mg/kg K (800 – 13000) mg/kg |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | SOP M.008b issue 6 of 24.02.2020 | |
| 20 | Meat and meat products | Cu, Mn, Fe, Zn content Cu (0,25 - 4) mg/kg Mn (0,2 –2,5) mg/kg Fe (1,5 - 110) mg/kg Zn (4 - 60) mg/kg |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | SOP M.010b issue 4 of 24.02.2020 | |
| 21 | Meat and meat products | Content of water/dry matter water (52 – 82) % dry matter (18 – 48) % |
Gravimetric method | AOAC Official Method 950.46 | |
| 22 | Meat and meat products | Free fat content Range (0,8 – 31,0) % |
Gravimetric method | AOAC Official Method 991.36 | |
| 23 | Meat and meat products | Total ash content Range (0,80 – 4,70) % |
Gravimetric method | AOAC Official Method 920.153 | |
| 24 | Meat and meat products | Hydroxyproline content Range (0,05-8) g/100g Collagen calculated |
Spectrophotometric method | AOAC Official Method 990.26 | |
| 25 | Meat and meat products, Vegetable-meat products, Dairy products (cheeses), Animal and vegetable fats, Eggs | Vitamin A and E content Vitamin A (0,03 – 216) μg/g Vitamin E (0,6-1000) μg/g |
High-performance liquid chromatography with spectrophotometric and fluorescence detection (HPLC-UV, HPLC-FLD) | SOP M.001 issue 7 of 27.01.2020 | |
| 26 | Milk powder, Eggs, Meat and vegetable-meat products | Iodine content Range (0,07 – 8,50) µg /g |
Spectrophotometric method | SOP M.016a issue 3 of 24.02.2020 | |
| 27 | Milk and dairy products, Fruit and vegetable products | Vitamin A and E content Vitamin A (0,02-9,6) µg/ml Vitamin E (0,4-9,2) μg/ml |
High-performance liquid chromatography with spectrophotometric and fluorescence detection (HPLC-UV, HPLC-FLD) | SOP M.001a issue 5 of 27.01.2020 | |
| 28 | Milk and milk products | Ca, Mg, Na, K content Ca 300 mg/kg -15 g/kg Mg 70 mg/kg –1,5 g/kg Na 200 mg/kg -21 g/kg K 300 mg/kg -19 g/kg |
Flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) | SOP M.008c issue 2 of 24.02.2020 | |
| 29 | Urine | Iodine content Range (20 – 600) µg/L |
Spectrophotometric method, digestion in ammonium persulfate | SOP M.016c issue 2 of 24.02.2020 | |
| 30 | Eggs | Cholesterol content Range (5 – 35) mg/g |
Gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) | SOP M.023 issue 2 of 27.01.2020 | |
| 31 | Feed E, Food E | Amino acid content Regulated area: E – Flexible scope of accreditation. Flexible scope includes the elements indicated in document DA-10 for the scope of accreditation of testing laboratories. A list of activities conducted under the flexible scope of accreditation shall be made publicly available by the accredited body. |
Ion-exchange chromatography with spectrophotometric detection (VIS) | Commission Regulation (EU) | Test procedures | |
| 32 | Fertilisers E | Amino acid content Regulated area: E – Flexible scope of accreditation. Flexible scope includes the elements indicated in document DA-10 for the scope of accreditation of testing laboratories. A list of activities conducted under the flexible scope of accreditation shall be made publicly available by the accredited body. |
Ion-exchange chromatography with spectrophotometric detection (VIS) | Commission Regulation (EU) | |
Reference standards (29)
AOAC Official Method 920.153
AOAC Official Method 950.46
AOAC Official Method 981.10
AOAC Official Method 990.26
AOAC Official Method 991.36
Test procedures
Commission Regulation (EU)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/771 of 29 February 2024
SOP M.001 issue 7 of 27.01.2020
SOP M.001a issue 5 of 27.01.2020
SOP M.003 issue 6 of 27.01.2020
SOP M.007 issue 3 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.007a issue 4 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.008 issue 5 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.008a issue 5 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.008b issue 6 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.008c issue 2 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.009 issue 4 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.010 issue 4 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.010b issue 4 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.011 issue 5 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.012 issue 3 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.013 issue 4 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.014 issue 3 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.015 issue 5 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.016 issue 3 of 14.06.2017
SOP M.016a issue 3 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.016c issue 2 of 24.02.2020
SOP M.023 issue 2 of 27.01.2020